Yes, the strike continues. And representatives from all 11 campuses and members of the Comité Negociador Nacional (the comittee on the student side working on negotiations with university administrators) got together and put up an online message. That got 34,000 hits on its first half hour. Plus, they pasted and aired the message on other ( Read more... )

Politics of a New Generation: The student strike at the University of Puerto RicoOh and in recent developments... The faculty, which had unofficially spoken in favor of students, kept the strike lines, and helped them during their strike, went to their own general meeting... and added themselves to the strike and voiced their own proposals and ( Read more... )

Student Protests Tie up Campuses in Puerto RicoBTW, the governor's quote is wrong. Well, what he said is incorrect ( Read more... )

Solidarity video helenseidolon, the main speaker, in bright orange/red shirt, was from my high school class. He is now in mass communications at PennState (got an undergraduate in geography).

Many many many years ago, when I was in high school... I took a picture, in passing, of another student, a couple of years younger. He was friend of friends, cute, and famous at school for his last name. I made the comment when I put it in the online album (extinct Yahoo photos), that some day he'd be better known ( Read more... )

A week-old post about the student strike.

The wikipedia page, which is not complete.  More like a work in progress.

And the most recent news, for which I'm asking my friends for sources...  The Board of Trustees is suing the negotiating group, or at least, putting an order that makes them unable to negotiate with them.  WTF?

A news clip in English about the strike.

Students protesting in front of the police.

( Letter I wrote to the editors of one of the local newspapers... )

Pressrelease from one of the groups that organized the university strike, which is still ongoing.

An earlier entry, in English, about the strike.

And a slightly more recent entry....

When technology is not your aide...  Recap:  A father went to give his son, who is one of the striking students camping out on campus, food and water.  Off-camera, the ( Read more... )